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Volume 70 WEATHER Number 75 While Duke's economic forecast is anything but sunny, Friday. the skies today remain cloud less, cold and dry. January 17, 1975 Duke University The Chronicle Durham, North Carolina Aid figures Tuition hike threat slashed lies in budget rise By David Trevaskis In what may be one of the By David Arneke Huestis, vice-president for business and most significant financial aid For the past several weeks, administra finance, said this week it is likely the ad decisions in cecent years, tion officials have been examining the ministration will do as it has done the last Duke plans to after its basis University budget and the forecast for next two years and ask the board for an for determining student year's budget to set a tuition figure to pre authorization to set a top figure and then try monetary needs, according sent to the Executive Committee of the to work out a budget requiring less than the to Clark Cahow, acting direc Board of Trustees today. Although officials full authorization. tor of admissions. have refused to say exactly how big an in Despite the deficit forecast by an increase Cahow emphasized that crease will be necessary, the figure of $320. of $32t), that was the figure the administra Duke will meet 100 per cent bringing tuition to S3100. is frequently men tion officials indicated they would ask for. of the stipends indicated by tioned as the upper limit. 'Personal prejudice' the new system, which will The total University budget this year "We can see through to a balanced provide less aid than the totals $52 million, and is forecast next year budget," Chancellor John Blackburn said College Scholarship Service to reach S58 million. A $320 tuition increase this week. He said that preliminary dis (CSS) system, which Duke will still leave the University with an overall cussions between him and Huestis have has used in the past. I. Croom Beatty, financial aid czar. (Photo by $3.4 million deficit. come up with ways to trim possibly $2 He warned, however, that Jim Wilson) President Terry Sanford and Charles million-plus off the deficit. the University will have to Blackburn cited a watch carefully the students "personal prejudice" against it accepts, so it will not over raising tuition over $200. spend its budget. "Once our "I'm not sure it can be done, allocation for financial aid is Athletic deficit soars though," he said." Maybe it gone we will have to stop ad- can." He cited a 50-50 mitting need students." chance to keep the increase Cahow added,' at $200. Tables to inflated $750,000 + Sanford. speaking to the Cahow said in an in- By Steve Garland becoming prohibitive. Academic Council last terview Wednesday the The University spends close to three quarters of a million lie emphasized however that the transportation cutback month, also expressed a University "will adopt the dollars annually to maintain intercolligiate sport at Duke at he recommends should not hurt the quality of the non- personal preference for Ivy tables." a modified its present level. And the prospects are for an increase, revenue teams, or the quantity of teams they will play. He keeping tuition down. version of the CSS figures rather than a decrease, in athletic expenses. said that Duke's non-revenue teams will schedule the sme In an interview this week, Duke had previously used to Carl James, Duke's athletic director, while noting that the amount of contests, but will try to lure more teams to Duke Sanford called the current estimate the amount of Duke University Athletic Association has kept its budget de- for home contests. financial situation "the money parents were expect- licit below the approximately S75O.U0O limit imposed by the ACC changes tightest crunch Duke has ed to contribute towards the Board of'Trustees for the past three years, said yesterday James also mentioned the possibility that the Atlantic ever faced." Although the cost of their children's coi- that the task this year will be "much more difficult." Coast Conference may soon take action on a proposal which University has balanced its lege education. James said that at the time the subsidy limit was set four would permit ACC schools with teams in sports which have budget in the past, Sanford This move means students years ago it seemed fine. But he added, "No one four years an ACC championship tournament at the end of the season to cited several factors making will receive less money from a)>o coiilcl have foreseen the economic conditions of today," win the title without playing all the schools during the re it more difficult this year, in Duke than CSS tables in- Economizing gular season. cluding inflation, especially dicate they should receive For the coming year lames outlined a number of money James said the proposal would probably effect non- in energy costs, loss of in for next year. Cahow ad- saving steps which he hoped would keep the budget within revenue contests with non-North Carolina schools come from the endowment mitted. However, he was its limit. These steps include the curtailment of certain non- (Clemson. Virginia and Maryland), but not contests among and the condition of the stock quick to add that the Ivy revenue sport travel and an increase in the price of general the Big Four (North Carolina, N.C. State, Wake Forest and market. charts provide students with admission tickets to football and basketball games. Duke). 'Responsible employees' more aid than they were ai- Citing the nation's energy woes and the recent sugges- While more free non-revenue sport contests may be Sanford cited three prin lotted by last years CSS tions at the national level for new gasoline taxes. James said played at Duke in the coming years the price of the general ciples he "would like to keep (Continued on page 9) that (he cost of transportation for lengthy road trips is admission tickets to the revenue events may go up a dollar in mind" in balancing the next year, according to lames. budget. "Duke has an out Face $1000 cut He said that Duke has held the line for the past two years standing student body and on the price of tickets, but that it can no longer afford to each year we have a large keep ticket prices the same as athletic costs climb. These and extensive group of appli money saving suggestions are included in the preliminary cants. No decision is accep Workers lose overtime budget which DUAA has submitted to Frederick Joery. vice table that has an adverse ef provost, and which will be reviewed early in February. fect on a constantly improv By Beth lackson November, but decided to tractural agreements Further cuts Work schedule change; ing student body. We cannot postpone implementation un- between the University and lames intimated yesterday that if the budget is not ap which would result in a price ourselves in a way that til this year. Heating plant the bargaining unit have proved in its present state that any further reductions damages the quality of the of about $100 a year for workers and other Duke been met and adhered to." would be made at the expense of the revenue sports rather student body. !1 heating plant workers and students op- It is estimated that the than the non-revenue sports. workers are st to take effect "We have an excellent and posed the plan in November new plan might save Duke "The first thing I'll do if the budget is not accepted is on Monday, according to nationally recognized facul through petitions and meet- $20,000 to $30,000 a year, check the revenue figures again. But next it will comedown Tom Smith, heating plant ty. We intend to maintain ings. since the same amount of to cuts, "he explained. "And if you're going to get what you mechanical engineer. and constantly improve it." Acceptance seen work will be done for the need in budget cuts, you're not going to knitpick along, tak he continued. Workers in East and West Smith said yesterday that University by the same ing SI00 here $100 there, if vou can do it with one stroke of (Continued on page 9) Campus plants now work he expects heating plant number of men, but with no (Continued on page 9) seven days and have either workers, members of Local premium pay. two or three days off in -IBS of the Operation Major objections to Duke's between. Under the new Engineers Union, to "accept" new plan have centered on schedule they would work a the new plan now but not to both the loss of premium pay five-day. 40-hour week with be "happy with it in the and the changes in working subsequent ioss of premium, beginning." conditions which would re- or overtime, pay. "I think that as time goes suit from five-day work Duke planned to imple- on the resistance will be less weeks. ment the new schedule last and |eSs," he said. "All con- Weekend work Under the new plan days off will not fall on a full weekend — a Saturday and a Hiya, fellas Sunday together. Days off The new group ol Fellow* in Communication will at times be "split" by a working day. In addition, are on campus this u eekend to engage in some dis some workers will cussions on the topic of "The Cost of Fairness: sometimes end up working Responsibility in the American Press." A two eight-hour shifts with schedule of their seminars can he obtained from only eight hours off between the Policy Sciences office.

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